The backbone of Alex Jaeger

The “Daily Bruin’s” Mariel Martinez profiled a real-life theatrical hero in September — not the sort who struts his stuff on the stage, but the generally unsung variety who operates with staunch disipline behind the scenes.

[Alex Jaeger MFA ’95], an alumnus of UCLA's graduate program in costume design, suffered a fall that broke his spine and landed him in the operating room for a strenuous surgery that lasted eight and a half hours – less than a month before rehearsals of his new production began.

Jaeger's latest costume design production is "Eclipsed," an original play presented by Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, currently running through Oct. 18.

Yet despite the surgery Jaeger was able to make it to the first rehearsal and has continued to work on this production since then.

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What fueled Jaeger to take the small steps that would eventually lead him back to the theater is the passion he has for costume design.

"My work in general is something that I'm really passionate about. So many people don't follow their passions, and they have jobs that they don't like," Jaeger said. "To me it wasn't really like I have to (go back), it was a more exciting thing, I felt like, 'yeah I want to get back, I can finish this project.'"

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Photo: Craig Schwartz

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